Dee Hock

Books

• Birth of the Chaordic Age:
  Hock advocates a new organizational form that he calls "chaordic," or simultaneously chaotic and orderly. A very interesting read, recommended - John.

• The Chaordic Organization:
  24 pages

Articles

• The Art of Chaordic Leadership   view details
  Originally published in "Leader to Leader" Winter 2000 edition.

• Dee Hock on Management   view details
  Absolutely great - definitely read the article. Hire and promote first on the basis of integrity; second, motivation; third, capacity; fourth, understanding; fifth, knowledge; and last and least, experience. Without integrity, motivation is dangerous; without motivation, capacity is impotent; without capacity, understanding is limited; without understanding, knowledge is meaningless; without knowledge, experience is blind. Experience is easy to provide and quickly put to good use by people with all the other qualities.

• Dee Hock on Organizations   view details
  "An organization's success has enormously more to do with clarity of a shared purpose, common principles and strength of belief in them than to assets, expertise, operating ability, or management competence, important as they may be."

Author Quotes

• If you don't understand that you work for your mislabeled 'subordinates,' then you know nothing of leadership. You know only tyranny.

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• Lead yourself, lead your superiors, lead your peers, and free your people to do the same. All else is trivia.

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  Dee Hock on Management

• If you don't understand that you work for your mislabeled 'subordinates,' then you know nothing of leadership. You know only tyranny.

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• Experience is easy to provide and quickly put to good use by people with all the other qualities.

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  Dee Hock on Management

• Simple, clear purpose and principles give rise to complex and intelligent behavior. Complex rules and regulations give rise to simple and stupid behavior.

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• Hire and promote first on the basis of integrity; second motivation; third capacity; fourth understanding; fifth knowledge; and last and least, experience. Without integrity, motivation is dangerous; without motivation, capacity is impotent; without capacity, understanding is limited; without understanding, knowledge is meaningless; without knowledge, experience is blind.

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  Dee Hock on Management

• The problem is never how to get new, innovative thoughts into your mind, but how to get old ones out. Every mind is a building filled with archaic furniture. Clean out a corner of your mind and creativity will instantly fill it.

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